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Quotidian Grace · 3W ago

Book Review: Bad Religion-How We Became a Nation of Heretics by Ross Douthat

 Although the title sounds polemical, Ross Douthat's book is actually a thorough, thoughtful and scholarly study of the ways in which the orthodox tenets of Christianity are losing ground to the many popular heresies of the day and the ways in which this phenomenon affects the church and the so
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Quotidian Grace · 1M ago

Easter Story on Twitter

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Quotidian Grace · 1M ago

Holy Week and Transformation

I'm in a nostalgic mood this morning thinking about Holy Week services of my past.  I grew up in a Presbyterian church in San Antonio where the tradition was that the youth were confirmed as part of the Maundy Thursday service. In those days children and youth did not participate in communion until
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Quotidian Grace · 2M ago

Book Review: Revelations by Elaine Pagels

Yes, sharp-eyed Gentle Readers, the title of this book is Revelations not Revelation. In this short book, Princeton professor of religion Elaine Pagels  explores the question of why John of Patmos' book was included in the Biblical canon and explains why Revelation retains a powerful hold on the Chr
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Quotidian Grace · 3M ago

Book Review: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Behind the Beautiful Forevers is the most disturbing book I have read in a long time.Although it reads like a well-written novel, it is the non-fictional account of the lives of several families living in the Annawadi slum at the edge of the Mumbai airport. The slum is located behind a sign that
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Quotidian Grace · 3M ago

El Jefe Presents "The Brains of the Confederacy"

Judah P. BenjaminSome of you long-time Gentle Readers of QG will recall that in those rare times when El Jefe is not dazzling his clients in his alter ego as "Dr. Debt", he is an avid amateur historian with a particular interest in the Civil War. He writes regular book reviews for the Civil War Time
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Quotidian Grace · 4M ago

Book Review: Below Stairs by Margaret Powell

This one's for all you Downtown Abbey fans out there!Below Stairs by Margaret Powell, originally published in 1968, is the classic memoir of a woman who worked her way up in service from kitchen maid to cook before retiring after her marriage to a milkman.The book has been re-issued (even in e-b
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Quotidian Grace · 4M ago

A Cautionary Tale from the Episcopal Church Wars

I had the great privilege of attending the Fellowship of Presbyterians(FOP) meeting in Orlando last week along with several other members of my church. I was moved and inspired by the incredible worship and amazed at the progress made towards birthing the new denomination: Evangelical Covenant Order
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Quotidian Grace · 4M ago

Separated at Birth?

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Quotidian Grace · 4M ago

The Fellowship: Birth of a PresbyPolity

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